Last week Women’s Prize For Fiction announced they were launching a brand new podcast, “championing the very best writing by women from around the world”, so I grabbed my headphones, hit the subscribe button and had a listen.
Somnambulant (adj)
som-nam-boo-lant
Resembling or characteristic of a sleepwalker; sluggish.
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Colloquium (noun)
kol-o-kwee-um
An academic conference or seminar.
Late 16th century (denoting a conversation): from Latin, from colloqui ‘to converse’, from col- ‘together’ + loqui ‘to talk’.
Fatuous (adj)
fat-u-us
Silly and pointless
Early 17th century: from Latin fatuus ‘foolish’ + -ous.
Concomitant (adj)
kon-komi-tant
Naturally accompanying or associated.
Early 17th century: from late Latin concomitant- ‘accompanying’, from concomitari, from con- ‘together with’ + comitari, from Latin comes ‘companion’.
Leucistic (adj)
lew-sis-tik
(of an animal) having whitish fur, plumage, or skin due to a lack of pigment.
From leuco- ‘white’ + the adjectival suffix -istic.
Eruct (verb)
er-ukt
Emit stomach gas noisily through the mouth; belch.